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Post by AlliG on Jul 28, 2021 19:51:41 GMT
I don't know him, but Piers Morgan isn't well informed when it comes to the Olympic favourite Simone.I've corrected it for you musik.
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Post by partickpotter on Jul 28, 2021 20:18:55 GMT
Don’t know if anyone caught the dressage earlier or whether it was considered too poncy, but it was absolutely majestic. How do they teach horses to do that? Congratulations to Charlotte Dujardin on becoming our highest achieving female Olympian. It is proper poncy but a lot of Olympic sports are. If there’s a Brit involved I quickly try and learn the rules and roar them on! Congrats to Charlotte, she must have been going some years now! Fucking useless. Bronze. Loser. Gold is the only thing that counts.
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Post by partickpotter on Jul 28, 2021 20:20:18 GMT
Mental health issues = not having fun. Must remember that one if someone shows signs of self harm. Yeah. You’re right. Self harm is the only indicator of mental health issues.
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Post by andystokey on Jul 28, 2021 20:30:40 GMT
Mental health issues = not having fun. Must remember that one if someone shows signs of self harm. Yeah. You’re right. Self harm is the only indicator of mental health issues. Not the point I was making as you well know. I've got first hand experience of worse. The bloke is a cunt.
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Post by partickpotter on Jul 28, 2021 20:33:05 GMT
Yeah. You’re right. Self harm is the only indicator of mental health issues. Not the point I was making as you well know. I've got first hand experience of worse. The bloke is a cunt. Looks like we got our wires crossed. Apologies for the misunderstanding.
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Post by andystokey on Jul 28, 2021 20:38:30 GMT
Not the point I was making as you well know. I've got first hand experience of worse. The bloke is a cunt. Looks like we got our wires crossed. Apologies for the misunderstanding. I was failing to be sarcastic at his bellend trivialisation of something that sadly is close to home. Phrases like "chin up", "man up" and his deliberate misunderstanding of her phrase "not fun" unfortunately hit a nerve, sorry. If you read all of his editorial it's even worse. Deliberately appealing to his fan base by calling it woke and apologetic.
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Post by musik on Jul 28, 2021 21:04:44 GMT
There has been a discussion in Sweden on tv tonight as she is considered a role model for young people due to her recent actions, coming out admitting mental health issues. Some award has been mentioned. 🤠
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2021 6:15:05 GMT
I see Primoz Roglic won yesterday's men's cycling time trial beating the world's best riders, including world champion Filippo Ganna, Wout Van Aert, Tom Dumoulin, Rohan Dennis, Rigoberto Uran, Stefan Kung, Remco Evenepoel, etc etc etc by more than a minute over a 44 kms course in a time of 55:04.19. As with his Slovenian compatriot, Tadej Pogacar, who won the recent TDF by a huge margin, questions are also being asked in the cycling world how Roglic could beat the world's best time triallers by such a massive distance. Roglic had crashed heavily in the TDF, had clearly struggled in the Olympic road race, and wasn't considered to be fit enough to be a realistic medal contender. Again, as with Pogacar in the TDF, something just doesn't "feel right" with this victory.
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jul 29, 2021 7:37:46 GMT
Coming back from 2 down in the men's hockey against the Dutch is some going, the point from the draw gets us into the quarter finals, now it is difficult if it wasn't already.
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Post by musik on Jul 29, 2021 8:29:34 GMT
Waiting for the ladies handball game Sweden vs France at 2.30 p.m.
That's about it for me today, since the Athletics hasn't begun yet.
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Post by noustie on Jul 29, 2021 10:26:35 GMT
Looks like we got our wires crossed. Apologies for the misunderstanding. I was failing to be sarcastic at his bellend trivialisation of something that sadly is close to home. Phrases like "chin up", "man up" and his deliberate misunderstanding of her phrase "not fun" unfortunately hit a nerve, sorry. If you read all of his editorial it's even worse. Deliberately appealing to his fan base by calling it woke and apologetic. His article was a lot of self-indulgent pish and waffle trying to kick up a storm. For me though he does have a point on social media hypocrisy, Twitter in particular, being hugely selective with it's BeKind capricious nonsense that is then reflected in society as a whole. He's a massive bell end but one look of his Twitter feed shows him having the piss ripped out of him for storming off, to fat shamed, racist and all the way up to being a nonce. For me the social media wank-athon with celebrities jumping onboard is the easy answer to what should be a difficult question. Given her history of being sexually abused and out for over a year until earlier this year it covers up a fundamental question in whether their management committee has failed in its duty of care but that seems to be missed so far with everyone more interested in how many re-tweets their platitudes get.
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Post by thepremierbanksy on Jul 29, 2021 10:58:22 GMT
I see Primoz Roglic won yesterday's men's cycling time trial beating the world's best riders, including world champion Filippo Ganna, Wout Van Aert, Tom Dumoulin, Rohan Dennis, Rigoberto Uran, Stefan Kung, Remco Evenepoel, etc etc etc by more than a minute over a 44 kms course in a time of 55:04.19. As with his Slovenian compatriot, Tadej Pogacar, who won the recent TDF by a huge margin, questions are also being asked in the cycling world how Roglic could beat the world's best time triallers by such a massive distance. Roglic had crashed heavily in the TDF, had clearly struggled in the Olympic road race, and wasn't considered to be fit enough to be a realistic medal contender. Again, as with Pogacar in the TDF, something just doesn't "feel right" with this victory. 800m of climbing over the course though, so it did suit the TT/climber hybrid that Roglic is compared to out-and-out TT specialists, plus Roglic has half a dozen wins in grand tour ITTs so hardly an unprecedented win. Ganna in particular is reported to have put on a few Kgs in preparation for the team pursuit which would have hurt him here.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2021 11:13:34 GMT
I see Primoz Roglic won yesterday's men's cycling time trial beating the world's best riders, including world champion Filippo Ganna, Wout Van Aert, Tom Dumoulin, Rohan Dennis, Rigoberto Uran, Stefan Kung, Remco Evenepoel, etc etc etc by more than a minute over a 44 kms course in a time of 55:04.19. As with his Slovenian compatriot, Tadej Pogacar, who won the recent TDF by a huge margin, questions are also being asked in the cycling world how Roglic could beat the world's best time triallers by such a massive distance. Roglic had crashed heavily in the TDF, had clearly struggled in the Olympic road race, and wasn't considered to be fit enough to be a realistic medal contender. Again, as with Pogacar in the TDF, something just doesn't "feel right" with this victory. 800m of climbing over the course though, so it did suit the TT/climber hybrid that Roglic is compared to out-and-out TT specialists, plus Roglic has half a dozen wins in grand tour ITTs so hardly an unprecedented win. Ganna in particular is reported to have put on a few Kgs in preparation for the team pursuit which would have hurt him here. 800m of climbing ove a 44 kms course is hardly going to decimate the field to such an extent though is it ? Van Aert, Dumoulin, Uran are certainly capable of climbing well. Maybe it was the temperature and humidity which affected everyone else, but to win by over a minute, against such a high class field, just seems odd. It's certainly raised a few eyebrows in the cycling media.
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Post by questionable on Jul 29, 2021 19:53:41 GMT
Didn’t realise the Russians had been allowed to compete, absolutely a piss take of a so called ban on their athletes.
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Post by thepremierbanksy on Jul 30, 2021 9:14:26 GMT
The shine is taken off this olympics a little by the almost unavoidable spoilers before you watch anything. Usually don't find it that hard to avoid spoilers, but the Olympic reporting is more or less the mainstream news, especially if GB win a medal or there is a big star involved (eg Helen Glover), and you have to then avoid any news report for the entire day.
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Post by flea79 on Jul 30, 2021 12:43:19 GMT
really enjoyed the bmx racing today and was great that we got two medals between the male and female finals!
hopefully kids will see that and be inspired and we have that fantastic new pump track in Kidsgrove which has been touted as a great facility, hopefully Stoke can produce some more gems in the future
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Post by PotteringThrough on Jul 30, 2021 18:00:13 GMT
really enjoyed the bmx racing today and was great that we got two medals between the male and female finals! hopefully kids will see that and be inspired and we have that fantastic new pump track in Kidsgrove which has been touted as a great facility, hopefully Stoke can produce some more gems in the future I didn’t think it should have been put in the olympics a few years ago but I really enjoy it. I particularly enjoy how much it means to the winners and those who get a medal. The reaction of the two medalists today was amazing, particularly when the girl won and the lad was absolutely thrilled for her - that’s definitely worth being in the olympics alone! I’m all for sports getting in the olympics now, particularly when they don’t have a big Media/TV presence in this country.
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Post by flea79 on Jul 30, 2021 18:04:35 GMT
really enjoyed the bmx racing today and was great that we got two medals between the male and female finals! hopefully kids will see that and be inspired and we have that fantastic new pump track in Kidsgrove which has been touted as a great facility, hopefully Stoke can produce some more gems in the future I didn’t think it should have been put in the olympics a few years ago but I really enjoy it. I particularly enjoy how much it means to the winners and those who get a medal. The reaction of the two medalists today was amazing, particularly when the girl won and the lad was absolutely thrilled for her - that’s definitely worth being in the olympics alone! I’m all for sports getting in the olympics now, particularly when they don’t have a big Media/TV presence in this country. So many kids do these sort of sports and as they get older they stop but some really talented kids could be produced in bmx and skateboard etc, relatively cheap too get into and most areas have skateparks or tracks for mountain bike or jumping etc
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Post by Bod on Jul 30, 2021 18:26:44 GMT
800m of climbing over the course though, so it did suit the TT/climber hybrid that Roglic is compared to out-and-out TT specialists, plus Roglic has half a dozen wins in grand tour ITTs so hardly an unprecedented win. Ganna in particular is reported to have put on a few Kgs in preparation for the team pursuit which would have hurt him here. 800m of climbing ove a 44 kms course is hardly going to decimate the field to such an extent though is it ? Van Aert, Dumoulin, Uran are certainly capable of climbing well. Maybe it was the temperature and humidity which affected everyone else, but to win by over a minute, against such a high class field, just seems odd. It's certainly raised a few eyebrows in the cycling media. Did you see this graph? I couldn’t work out what had happened as the intermediate splits were relatively close. It appears that Roglic was rock steady and everyone else suffered for their efforts in the first half. If Ganna doesn’t end up with track gold, Ineos must be wondering what the hell has happened to the last few months of their season.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2021 19:06:16 GMT
800m of climbing ove a 44 kms course is hardly going to decimate the field to such an extent though is it ? Van Aert, Dumoulin, Uran are certainly capable of climbing well. Maybe it was the temperature and humidity which affected everyone else, but to win by over a minute, against such a high class field, just seems odd. It's certainly raised a few eyebrows in the cycling media. Did you see this graph? I couldn’t work out what had happened as the intermediate splits were relatively close. It appears that Roglic was rock steady and everyone else suffered for their efforts in the first half. If Ganna doesn’t end up with track gold, Ineos must be wondering what the hell has happened to the last few months of their season. I haven't seen that graph previously but for me it just raises more questions as to how Roglic managed to maintain his effort at such a high level when all of the other leading world class TT riders tailed off at virtually the same rate, and were separated by just 4.3 seconds from 2nd to 5th - remember that's Dumoulin, Dennis, Kung and Ganna ! Roglic was badly injured in the TDF, struggled with the pace in the Olympic road race just a few days earlier, yet performed so far ahead of the other riders in the TT. As for Ineos, I agree the TDF was a disaster, although Carapaz broke away near the end to comfortably win the Olympic road race, after finishing a distant third in the TDF behind Pogacar. IMO something just isn't right with the Slovenians for them to win by such huge margins against world class riders.
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Jul 30, 2021 20:46:48 GMT
I loved the scenes in the BMX and would have loved Helen Glover to have got another medal. For the record I really like Alex Scott as a pundit but she is struggling a bit as an anchor, she is coming across as a bit wooden and clumsy!! I am sure she will improve... I haven't seen anything live yet, but I'm not that impressed with the BBC's coverage in general so far this year. Saying that, I think Alex Scott's improving already. Gary Lineker wasn't a great presenter when he started but turned into a very good presenter. And another thought - the general setup of the Olympics probably doesn't help anyone this year, so I don't want to be too critical. Although on the evening highlights show, there's nothing about the athletes and it's straight into the action. I suppose there's a lot to fit in in 90s minutes.
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Post by musik on Jul 30, 2021 21:59:38 GMT
Armand Duplantis in the Pole Vault qualification during the night. But I will, as always, skip the night watch and see the daypass tomorrow. The final w Daniel Ståhl in discus, for instance.
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Post by PotteringThrough on Jul 30, 2021 22:03:32 GMT
I didn’t think it should have been put in the olympics a few years ago but I really enjoy it. I particularly enjoy how much it means to the winners and those who get a medal. The reaction of the two medalists today was amazing, particularly when the girl won and the lad was absolutely thrilled for her - that’s definitely worth being in the olympics alone! I’m all for sports getting in the olympics now, particularly when they don’t have a big Media/TV presence in this country. So many kids do these sort of sports and as they get older they stop but some really talented kids could be produced in bmx and skateboard etc, relatively cheap too get into and most areas have skateparks or tracks for mountain bike or jumping etc Definitely - Chuck in-line skating in there as well. That would be ace to watch as well. I think I didn’t see it as sport when I was younger as it’s what we did but the BMX racing is quick and entertaining. The skateboarding is brill to watch. It’s an opportunity for so many as you say because it’s open to so many more. And the opportunity to become an Olympic medalist means so much, it’s fantastic to see
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2021 23:34:52 GMT
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Post by potterpaul on Jul 31, 2021 5:32:31 GMT
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Post by Kpsje on Jul 31, 2021 7:09:38 GMT
a new world record and another gold medal for team gb.
olympic swimming team take a bow (clapping hands)
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Post by zerps on Jul 31, 2021 7:16:30 GMT
How the fuck do you fly a horse to Tokyo during a pandemic?
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Post by thebasfordhedgehog on Jul 31, 2021 7:53:10 GMT
How the fuck do you fly a horse to Tokyo during a pandemic? By aeroplane?
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Post by zerps on Jul 31, 2021 7:58:54 GMT
How the fuck do you fly a horse to Tokyo during a pandemic? By aeroplane? Will it be hounded by test and trace when it gets back?
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Post by musik on Jul 31, 2021 8:48:33 GMT
Women
Sweden-Brazil 34-31 handball
Sweden, leader of the group.
🤠
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